Sectional crypt



G. C. KENNEDY.

SECTIONAL CRYPT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. I915- RENEWED JULY 2.1919.

Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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Inventor,

G. C. KENNEDY.

SECTIONAL CRYPT.

APPLICATION FILED APR-12,1915. RENEWED JULY 2,1919.

Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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In ventor,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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SECTIONAL QRYP'I.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Pate ntedFeb. 10,1920.

Application filed April 12, 1915, Serial No. 20,850. kenewediulyfi, 1919. Serial-No. 308,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLvIN KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Crypts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mausoleum crypts, and the object of my improvement is to provide crypts assembled from detachably jointed sections into an association capable of receiving additions of likeparts to form other associated crypts from time to time. I

This object 'I-have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of two of the assembled crypts, one crypt showing the front closure removed.

' Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one ofthe sectional side-plates of a crypt with the end closuresattached thereto and in vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the underside of one of the horizontal diviplates.

sion-plates, with part broken away.

Fig. l is an enlarged detail cross section of the joint connection between plates of said crypt.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view, fragmentary, 1n cross-sect1on, of one of the interlocking parts of sa1d oint-connection.

Fig. 6 is a similar fragmentary view of another of the interlocking parts of said joint connection.

Fig-'7v is a horizontal section of thevertical joint connection between two of the side plate sections.

Fig. '8 is a vertical section ofone of the horizontal .joint connections between the sections of one of the horizontal division Fig. 9 is a fragmentary detail of coacting parts oftheside-plate joint connections, showing them slightly separated.

1 Fig. 10is an enlarged. detail cross sectign,

tween the crypt. plates. 'Similarnumeralsof reference denotefcorresponding parts throughout the several views; I My improved crypt structure comprises a plurality "of ISidG Plfii'QS; associated. with I ofsuch asuperposed series.

horizontal division plates, whichlatter serve as top-plates and bottom plates respectively for crypts arranged in superposition, said plates being assembled together detachably by means of my improved joint connections about to be described. These plates are preferably made of cast-iron, but may be tensions 24 adapted to receive the abutting,

vertical edge part of the adjacent section, said forked part 24 having 'orificed ears 25, which latter are secured to the underlying section by means of bolts 26 passed through said orifices and other alinedorifices in the section and fastened by nuts 27. A sealing layer 31 of cement or otherimpervious material is filled in the joint thus formed. Theside-plates 1 have their upper longitudihaving a medial longitudinal groove 9 contracted upwardly between two'tongues 12, and having on each side of said medial groove a longitudinal groove 10' widening upwardlv between the tongues 12 and outer tongues 11.

The lower longitudinal edge of the plate 1 is formed of a medial downwardly directed longitudinal rib or tongue 13 widening nal edges widened at 8, saidwidened part I downwardly flanked oneither side byangular ribs 14. Two of said side-plates -1-can be interlocked in superposition in the same vertical plane by simply sliding a tongue 13 on the uppermost plate endwise within themedial longitudinal groove Qinthe-under plate. .bar 8 formed like the widened part --8 of said plate, but adapted to serve as joint securing means for the lowermost side-plate shown another .bar ribbed-like the lowermost-part of said plate :1 and adaptedito .serveas .an interlocking means-for the final or topmost joint of .such' a .series It twill In Fig. G's-is shown a troughed bs md ha inthisiermia 'eenee tierp the tongue 13 is locked within the groove 9 and that the side-ribs 14 are supported upon the tops of the like ribs '12 underneath, which looks said parts together immovably.

The numeral 2 denotes a horizontal division plate which may be a single plate or divided into sections, as indicated in Fig. 8, thejoints 29 between the sections being arranged to alternate or break joint with the joints 24 of the side-plates. The joint 29 is a transverse integral rib or shelf on the lower side of one section, and adapted to receive and support the abutting endpart of another section thereon, with a layer of cement or other impervious substance between them to seal the joint. When the I plates 1 and 2 are made of cast-iron, it is preferable for integralcrossed ribs3 and 5, and 4 and 7 to be formed thereon. The side plates have such ribs on opposite sides, but the horizontal plates 2 need have them only on the lower side, since the latter plates carry less weight than the former. These ribs, as well as the cross-connections 24 and 29 lend a good deal of stiffness to the plate sections, and permit castings to be made which are capable of sustaining relatively heavy weights while saving in material.

Referring to said Fig. 9, the joints between the sections of a side-plate 1 may be set off from the like joint of the side plate section underneath in order to properly seal said connections, and in this case said sections may differ somewhat in length.

Referring now to said Fig. 4, the horizontal plate 2 has on its opposite longitudinal edges a widened part provided with the three longitudinal ribs 16, 15 and 19. The middle rib l5 fits within the groove 10 of the side plate 1 with the rib 11 of the 'lat-' ter fitting within the groove 17 between said ribs 15 and 16. The other rib 19 fits over the upper surface 18 of the side rib 14: on the superposed plate 1. The rib 15 is widened outwardly so as to be interlocked between the ribs 12 and 17 on one plate and the rib 14; on the other plate. 'This forms a rigid interlocking connection between said plates and the whole forms an intimately united joint connection for the crypts, immovable and capable of sustaining much weight and strain. The convoluted character of the joint parts also makes it very easy toseal the same hermetically and forms a rigid structure needing no bolts nor other form of fastenings. v

InFig. 10, I have shown a modified form of said joint in which the side grooves 10 also have restricted neck portions in order to form interlocking seats for the outwardly widened ribs 15 on the plates 2 on either sideof'the plate 1. It will be observed that in the latter construction, the plate 2' is locked directly to the widened head 8 of the under-side {plate 1, whereas, in the On this account in a mauparts 23 secured within the open ends ofa crypt by'means of'bolts 20 and nuts The surfacesof all said metallic parts may be coated with a suitable anti-corrosivegmacorrosion. o Various changes may be made '111 the form, arrangement, and other features of sald device, without departing from the scope of the principles of or the protection of this invention. I V c Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: y p 1. A crypt structure, comprising side plates, each having a longitudinal groove along one longitudinal widened edge,-,and each having a longitudinally directedtongue along its opposite longitudinal edge, the tongue adapted to form an interlockedslidterial to preserve them indefinitely from ing joint with the grooved longitudinal edge of a like side-plate located adjacent thereto in the same plane, the groove in its first mentioned edge adapted to form an interlocked sliding joint with the tongue on another like plate in the same plane, and

each plate having grooved longitudinal integral ribs on each side of its sald grooved widened longitudinaledge, and horizontal, plates, each having ribbed longitudinal edges adapted to be, secured in the said ribbed parts of the first-mentioned plates by an interlocked sliding plurality of hollow crypts. I V

2. A crypt structure, comprising vertically alined side-plates and horizontallyalined plates associated therewith, all said plates meeting at a common place'of juncoint, to form a tion and detachably interlocked at that 7 place, one longitudinal edge ofv each sideplate being widened, said widened part having a longitudinal medial inwardly'widened groove, and having at each side thereon an inwardly narrowed groove, the abutting longitudinal edge of the alined side-'platehavin a medial longitudinal outwardly widened ri adapted to be slidably introduced within and interlocked with the said medial groove in the first-mentioned side-plate,rand having at each side a longitudinal rib adapted to provide an inwardly widened groove in association with the inner wall of a side groove in said first-mentioned plate, each horizontal plate having on each longitudinal edge an outwardly widened ri'b adapted to be slidingly introduced within and interlocked with the adjacent side groove of the first-mentioned plate, to form an inclosed crypt having attaching-means at their meeting-places for additional like plates.

3. A crypt structure, comprising vertically alined side-plates, and horizontally alined plates associated therewith, all said 1 plates meeting at a common place of junction and detachably interlocked at that place, one longitudinal edge of each sideplate ing a longitudinal medial inwardly widened groove, and having at each side thereof an inwardly narrowed groove, the abutting longitudinal edge of the alined side-plate having a medial longitudinal outwardly widened rib adapted to be slidably introduced within and interlocked with the said medial groove in the first-mentioned side-plate, and having at each side a longitudinal rib adapted 'to provide an inwardly-widened groove in association with the inner wall of a side groove in said first-mentioned plate, each horizontal plate having on each longitudinal edge an outwardly widened rib adapted to be slidingly introduced within and interlocked with the adjacent side groove of the first-mentioned plate, said horizontal plate also having along each longitudinal edge a longitudinal rib adapted to fit over the outermost projection of the abutting widened part on the adjacent side plate, to form a rigid hollow structure.

4. The combination of plates arranged to meet at their longitudinal edges to formknockdown hollow bodles, and having at said meetlng edges matlng engaglng-means,

certain of the plates which are positioned in the same plane having their longitudinal edge-connections 1n the form oflnterlocked joints separable by longitudinal sliding on each other, and the mating engaging-means for the cross-plates being duplicated on opposite sides of the first-mentioned plates to being'widened, said widened part hav- 7 permit of addition of other crossplates thereto to form other hollow bodies connected thereto.

tical'and horizontal plates, the vertical plates being provided with a groove along one edge thereof and having the adjacent edge of another vertical plate provided with a tongue whose shape corresponds to the shape of said groove, a second groove parallel with and adjacent the first-mentioned groove adapted to receive a corresponding tongue formed on one edge of a horizontal plate and a shoulder adj acent the tongue on the second vertical plate adapted to abut against a corresponding portion on the horizontal plate and lock the plates against transverse movement.

7 In an eXpansible mausoleum the several crypts of which are composed of removable wall, bottom and top plates, wall plates, each having along one edge a plurality of grooves and having the opposite edge formed to fit in one of the grooves of an adj acent wall plate, and bottom and top plates, each having along a side thereof a rib adapted to fit in and interlock with another of said grooves in an adjacent wall plate.

Signed at -Waterloo, Iowa, this 10th day of April, 1915.

GEORGE COLVIN KENNEDY. Witnesses:

PEARL STANTON, C. C. LINDNER. 

